[.ca] Big Come

none of you know anything:
i wish the guys from the black keys would slap you all, but they don't cuz they don't give crap about anything you say in fact they hate you cuz i know everything and you don't. shut up.

to music fan from seattle:
in your review you said we should all start listening to "music."the you started bitching about the black keys being compared to the white stripes and how the white stripes play blues and only u know that because YOU listen to "MUSIC." the two bands should not be compared because they are completely different sounds. you see there are different types of blues and there is a difference between playing the blues and being influenced by the blues but im sure you know that because you listne to "music" unlike the rest of us

the black keys are a very good band:
hi all i want to say i like the black keys the 1st time i heard them was on punk-0-rama 8 which is a good cd also so anyways the black keys were on that cd and ever since then ive been wanting to hear more and more of there music its a mix of classical rock thing and blues and kinda the whole hendix thing the black keys were inspierd by led zephlin sooo thats all i have to say oh yeah i like white stripes there a good band too

Good...been done, but good.:
This is an excellent disc. For those White Stripes fans out there, the Black Keys-White Stripes debate is not worth getting worked up over. The Black Keys are a much different band. And seriously, if you want the low-fi, raw blues sound, you should be listening to the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. (Yes, music like this was recorded before 1999.) The Keys or the Stripes are good places to start, but check out JSBX and hear where this low-fi, raw sound really became modernized.

An Assuredly Brilliant Debut, keeping the blues spirit alive:
The Black keys are a two piece outfit that not only take inspiration from Blues artists such as 'R.L Burnside', 'Howlin Wolf', and the rock stylisation of 'Hendrix' & a little bit of funk, they've created a deceptively powerful album that deserves a truly wider audience. Dan Auerbach (guitar) is something of a revelation, coaxing huge bursts of Southern Blues Guitar groove that takes in elements of Funk, soul and more importantly Garage-rock, but undoubtedly it's mainstay is tightly woven blues that remain authentic, but by having a handle on these other genres (Funk, Soul...etc) they avoid repetition and Blues clichés, and stand out as individual artists in their own right. If you liked the 'White Stripes' (yes, I know virtually every reviewer here has mentioned them), then think of this a grittier, more authentic integration of Blues into their two piece sound, and thus maybe not as immediate accessible as the White Stripes. If anything it's in some ways closer to "The John Spencer Blues Explosion's" more groove laden moments. But either way this is a superbly executed album that feels way more competent than any short sighted 'White Stripes' comparisons, and if you like your Blues passionate, Energetic, Fiery, Smart and above all organic, the Black Keys have delivered an album that's going to be hard to beat.

• Busted
• Do The Rump
• I'll Be Your Man
• Countdown
• The Breaks
• Run Me Down
• Leavin' Trunk
• Heavy Soul
• She Said, She Said
• Them Eyes
• Yearnin'
• Brooklyn Bound
• 240 Years Before Your Time